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Newspaper Page TextTHE - OREGON " DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, OREGON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER , 6, 1920. L TO AS POSSIBLE , By itobert J. Bender United Nwb Staff Corraaponecat Washington, Nov. $ The Demo cratic party, stunned by Tuesday's terrlfio drubbing, Is groping tor a leadership which will put It on Its feet again. W. J. Bryan has mani fested every - evidence , of seeking control.. His efforts win :. be en thusiastically opposed by those ele ments of the party dominated by the Wilson and Cox. leaders. ' Who will be named td direct the des tinies of the party during the next few years is the leading , question among politicians generally. More and more,' among Democrats, one hears the sug gestion that Joseph P. Tumulty, secre tary .to President Wilson 'during his eight years in the White House, should be tendered the honor. Tumulty prob ably would accept the work if It were tendered him. He has made no plans for the future, but his friends believe that Tumulty's main objective now is organisation of the Democratic national committee on such a militant basis as will enable the party to cope more suc cessfully with the Republicans in forth coming elections. : WHITE'S WOEK PRAISED " There is no . criticism in administra tion quarters of the work done by the campaign committee under the leader ship of Chairman George White. There Is more of a tendency to deplore the fact that the national committee under Homer Cummlngs' leadership did not assume an aggressive attitude two years ago when the Republicans began their well organised and systematic assault on the Wilson rule. v . It is admitted that Chairman Wtll Hays of the Republican national com mittee has tendered a few lessons in effective campaigning, and even as Hays began immediately after the defeat of the Republicans in 191 to effect har mony In the Republican camp, so Demo rratlo leaders intimately In touch with President Wilson believe that the Demo crats should begin reorganising at once, not only for 1924, but even for the con gressional elections In 1922.' when the first reaction to the new Harding regime will be manifested, , M'ADOO AKD COX ; Tumulty has taken a Very active part in the recent campaign'.1 He certainly would be acceptable to the Wilson wing of the party as the national committee's . leader and might be expected to receive approval of the Cox group. At the pres- ent time there are only two men mentioned- as- strong Democratio candidates in 1924 W.0, MeAdoo and Cox. That the friends of both will begin . work immediately designed to bring them before Che electorate as the logical opponents of the Republican candidate four years hence -already is Indicated, Both sre 'shrewd politicians and for that reason It is assumed that both would counsel ! the Immediate construc tion Of an -organisation designed to get the Democratic cause before the people In more vigorous fashion than It has been set forth In the last few years. , WILSON HOT TO QUIT President Wilson. hlle already , vir tually out of political life, will continue his fight for a League of. Nations. - Cox, too, wtll go on with his fight on. this ntieutlon.' aorordin to his telephone con versation with the White House Thurs day. , Tumulty is now and will continue to be for a league .which will be the starting point " of the . Democratic cam paign starting at once. Bryan may cause some trouble at first, but there j , are no Democratic leaders who believe - that after a few months Bryan's voice - will amount to much. Certainly not to the point of domination, within the v ranks. . ; i i j,.-" . - Nevertheless the fight for control of the party between Bryan on the one side and the Wilson-Cox forces on the other promises to lend many entertaining fea ;, tures to the . forthcoming political , variety show. : . GOING TO WASHINGTON - Retirement of President Wilson would appear to leave Bryan or Cox Jhe only outstanding national leaders of the party. But. Wilson, both personally and through Tumulty, may be expected to combat - Bryan's leadership. - Bryanla coming to Washington to spend the winter for the first time since he left the state department and severed diplomatic relations with the president. He .will therefore be at the center of things political and at the beet strategic point to disseminate his views as a party leader. Wilson, however, will also be in Washington, and it may be as sumed will not yemam sllentl1 With - these Jwo figures t their best., it might be expected that Democratic news will not go begging during the coming winter. Bryan has .carefully trained for his con test for leadership after remaining sig nificantly sient on the subject- of Cox candidacy -during the campaign. , He iirst lata the foundation for it when he uttered what was obviously designed to oe a pointed statement as to his election vote. He announced with a considerable flourish that he toad supported "the Dem ocratio ticket straight" This course es- . tablished him as a strict narty- man and destroyed at least one weanon of those who might have brought up charges of . vmxvr lrreruianiy m attempting to com- pai urn i or party control. . Trophy' Offered in - Pfuit Judging Event Oregon Agricultural College.'Corvallis, Nov.' a. A silver , loving cup will be presented by Dean A. B. Cordley of the hchool of agriculture for the student ,, fruit judging contest at the annual hor ticulture show, which closes Saturday night. 'Cash prises of $10, 17, $5 and IJ are also offered. The name of the wn . ner of first place will be engraved upon the cup. GENERAL MArGER Well - established Portland manu ficturini; concern-, requires the services of a ; competent . General Manager. Must be. capable of tak ing entire charge. , Output of plant sold In advance;.-'. If you ;can qual ify and. can 'invest from tSaoo to SlS.obo in cash, you cannot. afford to overlook this opportunity. Cor respondence strictly confidential. Address No. M-63I, Journal. :? ,k II JY ooe LEADER OF PARTY D Lady Lobbyists at Washington to Ask For Smoking Koom By Mildred Morris A' ' ' Washington, Nov. . (L N. 8.h As one of her first official acts. Miss Alice' Robertson, elected to congress from Oklahoma, will be asked to de mand a smoking room in the capitol for - lady lobbyists, according to Mrs. Dorothy Earle of Detroit, Miclu, a young woman of social prominence where, who waa active in the suffrage movement. Mrs. Earle announced today that a deputation of women -will call on the new "lady from Oklahoma" on her arrival in Washington to "talk it over.';i';e' ;.-;'.;.:) ; .:. She also declared that the women will agitate to have Miss Robert son appointed chairman of the house sub-committee which has charge of the house restaurant. The congresswoman-elect la said to have won the men's support In her campaign by the delectable food she served in her restaurant irt Musko gee,: and Mrs. Earle pointed out to day "the wonderful opportunity she would have as head of the house lunch room to influence antagonistic congressmen "through their stom achs" to vote for legislation asked by the women. AMERICAN WHEAT 25 CENTS A BUSHEL : Chicago, Nov. ; t. -Julius Barnes, who as president of the United States Grain corporation during ; the : war directed distribution of the nation's grains to!4 the marketing commit tee of . the American Farm Bureau Federation . Friday that the wheat producer "has escap.d the full ef fect of deflation, .Crop production is but an estimate and subject to the usual human errors, he said,' "and 'influenced by the opinion and convictions of many buyers.. The current price should be the free meet ing point of such individual judgment and opinion as being the fairest . inter pretation of supply and demand influ ences. .;. ' ' . . : ' "Really, cost ' of production is not a determining factor. In the long run it must exercise its .influences, for a pro longer pedlod of unremunerative effort will naturally reduce the acreage and thus reduce supply. To look on cost of production Of a single country and, as has been sometimes srgued, even one section of a single country, as a solely dominant influence in the world price, would be a most superficial consideration (of the play, of forces, that determine a price level. j-A-v ... -;-.. u ; .- .- "There has- been much . advice to the grower to hold back wheat for a, certain definitely expressed price per bushel. But who has told the farmers that a chief overseas consumer had by reckless buying - anticipated half a year's con sumptive requirements, and that this consumer, today, . approaching now , the shipping time of the: new crops of Aus tralia, Argentina and India, . la making purchases from responsible government sellers at a price delivered abroad at 25 cents per bushel under the present Amer ican and -Canadian prices?" Umatilla Connty : Llection Results - Tabulated in Full V Pendleton, . Or.,- 'Nov. 6. Complete returns from the 64 : precincts in Umatilla county for representative. Twenty-second district, give C. Tffi.. Wood son 4999; representative. Twenty-third district. & A. Miller 4312, Frank Sloan 2992. Manuel Ftiedly 2717, J. C. LieuaTien 2881. Miller and Sloan, .Republicans, were elected. :-s-':;;- i. ; ; Complete returns on all county . of ficers show: District attorney. Keater (Rep. 4253, S. A. Newberry (Dem.) 8277 i county judge, R, Savior (Dem.) 3175, I. M. Schannep (Rep.) 4305; county commtssiener, a. E. ; Anderson (Dem.) 31ZB, K. i;. Bean (Rep.) 4044: sheriff. Zoe Houser (RcpJ , 1589, ' Jake Marin (Ind.) 1154, W. R. Taylor (Dem.) J352'. county cleric R. T. Brown (Rep.) 8282 ; recorder, B. S- Burroughs (Rep.) 6284 ; assessor, R. O. Hawks: (Rep.) 6828 ; school superintendent, W. . W. Green (Dem.) 4281, "Clara Partridge Stone (Rep.) 3261 surveyor. Aubrey E. Perry (Rep) 6500; treasurer, Grace Gilliam (Rep.) 4421; Umatilla, county herd law. yes 4490, no 2182. vj- .i . "I 1 'i i' : Valuable Records M)f Years of Work -1 Stolent at Station Two suitcases filled with "coyote poi soning formulas and records of numer ous investigations, together with a small typewriter, were stolen from 8. EL Piper, poison expert of the United States bio logical survey at the Union station a few days ago as the scientist was buying his ticket for Sacramento. The "tall, lanky,- dark individual ; of about 25 or 30 years of age," whom Piper suspects of walkmg off with the baggage which he had -placed on the floor while he bought nls ticket, evi dently waa disappointed with the con tehts, for the following day one of the suitcases was returned to the office of the biological survey in the Postof flee uuuuing- uy a man wno naa louna n in . -1 1 .3 ; . ..... . . - suiuvan s gulch. -. "The other suitcase and the typewriter are still missing. In the suitcase were results of years of work -by Pirwr. wlm has been spending all his time working on coyote poison formulas. He had re cently returned from a trln in Fjmtem Oregon and Idaho,' where, with Stanley Jewett, he had been ezDrlnuntlir with different poisons. Results of these ex periments are lost if the property is not Chill JICU, Manufacturer Shot David Pollark- fcrft iM.n M .a. . ' v l S.I1SJ USD" KOfiR vHrereul tanrniunv ss4Tk irnak nru was shot and probably fatally wounded wuay oy one ot two motor band ts who- neia tip nis taxi en route' te Union station here the UNDERSOLD ABROAD POSSESSION OF : HENRY BUILDING SOUGHT IN SUIT Foreclosure proceedings for the possession of the Henry building at the southwest corner of Fourth and Oak streets, were commenced this morning in the United; States dis trict court when Attorneys Cake & Cake and L. A. Llijequist, . repre senting t the Travelers - Insurance company of Hartford, Conn., filed a bill of foreclosure and suit in equity for the satisfaction of a loan of $180,000. I Defendants named in the suit are Charles,. K. Henry of Los Angeles, and Eugena Henry, his wife; jT. J. Seufert and his wife, Mary A. Seufert; Robert N, Stanfield , and Ines H. Stanfield: Ferdinand K. Reed and Jane Dee Reed, his wife. The complaint states the de fendants failed to make a payment of $25,000. due on April 19.-1920. The In surance company also asks for the sum of $15,000 as attorneys fees. ' According to the papers nlea m tne federal court Henry and his wife bor rowed $160,000 from the Travelers Insur ance company on April 19, 1918, giving as security a leln on the Henry build ing, described as lota 1 and 2, block 65, city of Portland. This note became due April 19, 1918. and Seufert. who had in the ' meantime purchased j the property from Henry, had time extended for a five-year period with the understanding that $25,000 would be paid on April 19, 1920. 4 - ; j I In taking over the building Seufert gave a second mortgage nor siuv.yuu io Henry, to be satisfied in? April of this year. Because of war conditions Sue- fert was unable to meet: tne payment and ' tSanfield purchased! the second mortgage from Henry for a considera tion reported to have been $65,000. Stan field took, possession of the property In June and about- two months ago it was reported that he had disposed of his interest to Ferdinand Reed. ThHenry building was erected In 1919. It is a' six-story brick structure, lOOxlOO1 feet in ground area. ! Following the purchase of the property by Stan field extensive improvements were made on the interior. Attorneys for the Insur ance company ask that the payment of $25,000 ; be made Immediately or that the property be sold tol satisfy - their mortgage. ; . If ' foreclosure of the mort gage is found necessary j the' company asks $16,000 additional ias attorneys feeS. :-,r . ! ' 12-YEAR-OLD A 12-year-old girl was : attacked and brutally treated by a man late Friday afternoon at the foot of Umatilla avenue; - between .the -Oregon City car tracks and the , river, according to at report made to the police this; morning'.1' ! - " The girl was thrown; down and dragged into the brti6hi Poltee of ficers have obtained a jrood Uoscrip- tion of the man. i Thurston County Returns uarlyon To State Senate Olympla. 'Wash., NOv. 6. Complete returns for Thurston county give : State senator, Carlyon , (Rep.); 3905;. Don nelly : (Farmer-Labor), i 2394. State representatives (two), Hubbard (Rep.), 4084;. j aspinwall (Rep.); 4162; Nu gent (Dem.), 811; Puckett - (Farmer- Labor), : 2240; Young (Farmer-Labor). 2257 Sheriff, Hoage (Rep.), 4025 ; Davis Dem.), 1030 s Wiley (Farmer-Labor), 2091.'. County clerk. Holmes (Rep.), 4178 ; King (Farmer-Labor), 2238. . County auditor, Lewis (Rep.),;. 4283; Carr (Farmer-Labor), 2225. County treasurer, Salter (Rep.), 4283 ; Mosheir (Farmer- Labor), 2191. Prosecuting' attorney, Ful- lerton j (Rep.), ; 4107 ; 3 Sawyer (Dem.), 1199. ! Assessor. Gaston : (Rep.), 4032 ; Pinger (Farmer-Labor), ! 2808. County school t superintendent, Carroll (Rep.), 4227 ; Sylvester (Farmer-Labor), 2232. County engineer, : Weir i (Rep.), 3988 i Ouellette (Dem.). -1387. 'Coroner, Par low (Rep.), 4288; Hedson (Farmer Labor) 2078. Commissioner, third dis trict, . Neylon (Rep.), 8940 : Barnes (Farmer-Labor), 2376. i Commissioner, first district," Rwe (Rep.), 8875 ; Mot tinger (Dem.), 1283. - Superior judges (two). Of Mason and Thurston counties. Wright, 3562 : Wilson.' 3536 ; Sturdevant, 883; Rettig. 854. . ; ' Non-Partisans Say They Have Majority In N. Dakota Vote Fargo, 'X. D., Nov. .-.(U. P.) Non partisans today refused to agree with reports that they had lost a majority in the state legislature. Both sides to day were claiming a majority of one in. the senate. The Non-partisans claim ed a majority of two -in the house with. lu aououui. uiaepenaenis - ciaimea a tk.A. ( n V ln... 1 . 1IK :null-Hf UHUB pHLTKnUJr eiOCXCO: T .! . .1 1 their entire state ticket with exception of superintendent of public Instruction. Governor Ftasier had a lead of only 1687 votes Over J. F. T. O'Connor In the county today for governor, less than a hundred small precincts being outstand ing. ' Petrified Body of Woman 01 Stone. Age Found in Arizona Phoenix. Aria. Nov. 6. (L N. S.) Local Investigators have ; unearthed the petrified body . of a woman of pre historic ages in a mound: west of Phoe nix.; The discovery, it was learned to day, - waa made by J". W. Tucker and his son, who undertook the excavation of the mound. -.The- body, which appears to be miner alized, much like petrified wood, la that of a woman about five feet In height, with a wide forehead and high cheek bones. With the body was ' found the head of a stone image arid a number of cruae implements 01 me eany stone age. ; 1 BRUTE ASSAULTS GIRL Picture Choking Fatal to Woman I . Film Spectator Jersey City, K. J.. Nov. . L N. S.) While watching a screen'ac tress being "choked to death by the vil lain." at a moving picture show, Mrs. Augusta Finck suddenly put her hands to her own throat and fell unconscious. She died a few minutes later. "Mental suggestion, said the doctors. ; COX TAKES STAND AGAINST SABOTAGE . By Crated Kewt. : g , Columbus, Ohio, Nov. t.On his return to Columbue Friday, Governor Coz issued his first and only state ment since the election. -' "For the first time in 10 years, the Republican party is la complete control of the legislative and executive branches ot the national government, therefore policy as to statute and administration is with It Its task is no longer that of the critic, but the constructor. It Is my hope and firm belief that the De mocracy of the nation will not, attempt political sabotage. j' - "The country has seen quite ' enough of that. We are In the midst of emer gency and the nation's every resource should coordinate in i behalf, of things that are helpful. So long as govern ment exists, the principles of Thomas Jefferson will be the center; about which human hopes will gather. "Talk of a new party is absurd. One might as well discuss the destruction of human emotions. As essential ,aj it has been to the welfare of the country In the past, the creed of ; Democracy is more needed now than i ever, t because recent events have made It distinctly the American party, i r I am . as proud as when the fight started. I would not retrace a step nor yield a single jot in principle. It was a privilege to make the contest for the right in the face of overwhelming odds. "There is a distinct difference between defeat and surrender. : The flag of De mocracy stOl flies as the symbol of things more enduring than the passions and resentments that come with the aftermath of war." " F ( Continued From. Pac On) the manner which can bring no offense to the present administration. Senator Harding's vacation will be devoted entirely to recreation purposes. This he made emphatic today and he put at rest all rumors that he Intends to choose his cabinet while in Texas by the. Issuance of statement from his headuarters that "no consideration would be given to a cabinet during bis recreation period." r " " SPEECHES ARE ASKED " The Harding 'special is due to arrive in St. Louis tonight, in San Antonio, Texas, Sunday night, and in Browns ville, Texas, on Monday morning, whence the party will proceed by auto mobile to Point Isabel. There will be necessary stops en route, but the presi dent-elect is not anxious to make any speeches, although - there have been many requests for rear platform speeches en route to his vacation spot. It is probable that the pressure will be eo great that Senator Harding win be torced to make "a few speeches and probably ; several In Texas, for it is known that he is greatly impressed by tne support given him in Texas, particu larly in San Antonio and Brownsville, as well as Point Isabel, where he carried more than 90 per cent of the vote. Tarpon fishing, bathing and golf hold the important places of the vacation program, but it is probable that the president-elect will find himself forced to make some important utterances and arrangements may be made for a meet ing between the president-elect; of the United States and the president-elect of Mexico, at some point along the. Texas noraer. MRS. HAEDIJfG H050EED - : Mrs. Harding, who is accompanying the president-elect, was gratified today when she received notification, that she had been named an honorary member of the 5 Dames ' of the . Loyal Legion, membership in which - is composed of wives, widows and daughters of Civil war veterans. ' V;- - Senators Frellnghuysen of New Jersey. Hale of Maine, EUkins of West Virginia, Harry M. Daugherty, pre-convention Harding campaign manager ; Mr. and Mrs. Edward McLean and other notables are members of the party which is off today for one month of sheer pleasure and rest... , Home Town Folks In Sullivan, Ind., To Fete Bill Hays Sullivan, Ind., Nov. .(. N. S.) "Bill Hays day" will be celebrated by Democrats and Republicans alike here the home town of thelepubllcan nation al chairman- next Tuesday, when the big little man ' who put Sullivan on the map and under whose leadership the O. O. P. achieved the greatest triumph in American political history comes home. Hays has been visiting the president-elect at Marion and will arrive here Tuesday afternoon, when a hilarious Hoosier horaecoming will greet him. Prominent Men of , Medford Indicted Medford, Or, Nov. 6.T1B grand Jury returned 27 more indictments . Saturday against - William Johnson, president of the Jacksonville bank, and seven John Doe' Indictments against - seven promi nent Medford men. The name of the seven and charges against them were Withheld. . :t Extraction of Teeth ' Cures Insane Cases Trenton. N. Nov.". (L N. S. Dr. Henry A. Cotton, medical director i of the Trenton state hospital, reported 1 today tnat two paUents had been cured J of insanity by ifavins their teeth pulled. FISHING AND SUR BECKON NEV CHEF ARMY' WANTS TO KEEP By John Grandenz United Prai Staff CorreeporuUnt Berlin, Nov, e.---NeIt:ier the Ber lin government. nor the leaders of the American forces now io the army of occupation dong- the: RDhine ex pect a, withdrawal before next sum mer. ; And i except for the i feeling that ' the cost ' of maintaining this force is som what heavx, there seems to be no direct desire to see the t American soldiers leave the country. 1 The German government is putting forth a campaign for a reduction of American troops because of the financial burden so many men are placing upon the country, but while the British and French remain, the government would not care to see a complete withdrawal. Herr Simmons has advised the ways and means committee of the reichstag against actively pressing for measures to carry the men out of the Rhlneland, on the grounds that such action would undoubtedly bring the nation into dif ficulties. It is reported from Coblens that the American forces are now costing the country 880,000 a day, or 6,500.000 marks. Authorities at Coblens do not expect Harding to decide upon the removal of these men at least until after his in auguration, end. refuse to believe re ports, that President Wilson will re move them. : ' j : "We will remain here until summer," said American officers to the United News. "We are wanted by the Ger mans. The French want us. to stay. They think we are a sort of protection, even if only a corporal's1 guard remains. And the men in the American corps are anxious to stay here. They are de lighted with their splendid Quarters and the treatment here." j - ;, . HARDING IS AFTER FREE USE OF L ( Cos tinned From Put Om) against Britain as between foreign na tions other than the United States or whether the promise not to discriminate included American, shipping. Some in ternational lawyers argued that of course America, as the owner and builder Of the canal, had the right to do as she pleased about tolls and ; that the. discrimination did not apply i with re spect to our own ships. Other author! ties argued to the contrary. Senator LJtige and Elihu Root, who also was in the senate at the time, made eloquent speeches, saying the law ought to be repealed. Indeed, President Wilson found Republican as well as Democratic sup port in both houses of congress when he declared that America could not at ford to take, advantage of other nations by insisting upon a selfish Interpretation of an ambiguous article In any treaty. WAR WAS SEATS He also hinted at large and vital ques tions of diplomacy when he said that the law ought to be repealed and friendship with Great Britain .maintained on ac count of ' matters of far nearer and more delicate .concern." Just what Wilson meant by the .foregoing ' phrase waa never . publfely explained, though it is commonly supposed in Washington that the president was playing for Britain's friendship because of the delicate rela tionship between Japan and the United States over the California alien land law. ' The world ' doesn't know how close America and Japan came to war that year and the friendship of Great Brit ain with her powerful navy was deemed extremely important to the Unit ed States, especially- in view of the Anglo-Iapanese offensive- and defensive alliance. Similarly England bad an anti-Japanese problem to meet in her own Canadian and Australian dominions and the wise diplomacy of the moment seemed to be a firm hand of friendship and a pooling of interests! between America and Great Britain. . t t The Irish-American and ; German American societies fought : President Wilson on the issue and rallied all their friends In congress, but Wilson won out and that part of the Panama canal act exempting United States vessels from the payment of tolls was repealed. CONDITIONS CHANGED Circumstances have, changed in some extent since 1913. In the election just closed millions of Americans of Irish descent flocked to the Harding standard. Aside from the fact, nowever, that the new presto en is position nas pieasea those in our population who are opposed to everything English, the determination of ; the controversy doesn't have' its origin in that qnarter. Homebody s influence urged the re opening of the matter when the Repub lican platform was written at Chicago last June. Here is the pledge in that platform ; "Amerlcaamerehant marine shall pass through the Panama canal without payment of tolls." Moreover, the speech of , acceptance of Senator Harding In Marion last Tuesday con tained the following paragraph: . 1 I like that recommittal to thoughts ot America first which pledges the Panama canal, an American' creation, to the free use of American shipping. It will add to the American reawakening. PACT WITH ENGLAND SEEDED - Doesn't Senator Harding realize, it will promptly be asked, that the relations between Japan and tne United States over the - California situation are still strained and the Importance of an Anglo-American understanding is as great as ever? The answer is that the president-elect expects to negotiate the whole question in a friendly manner. It might be advantageous to England to have a definite understanding with the United States on the question of naval armament. .With Germany helpless, the American navy alone stands as a pos sible competitor. England needs every cent of her budget for things other than naval armament and she would, - it is argued, save a great deal if she were assured concerning tne -American naval buDdlng program. That Is Just an Idea which the president-elect is said to be considering as a sort of quid pro quo in the settlement of the Panama canal tolls question. Also the Sues and other British, waterways could be adjusted in a Ibint discussion of the whole subject. Senator Harding baa been impressed with the necessity of securing ad vantages for the - American merchant marine and . the visit to the Panama canal, is the beginning of a thorough study of the 'entire subject by the next president of the United States. What Great Britain wiU do or say about it is quite another question. : v 1; .. ,: :. - ' Belgian Strike Spreads Brussels, Nov. "8. (I. N. S.) The Bel gian coal strike is spreading. More than 55,000 miners are now idle OCCUPATION CANA Black Cat Lures Man of 85 Years i To Instant Death "Lawrenceburg, ; Ind Nov. . (TC ,: N. S.) A black cat which crossed the path of Frederick W. Weesler was .the direct cause of the man's death., . Mr. W easier, who was 85j had been in falling health sev eral months. He objected to , the black cat's serenade and when the animal crossed his porch he kicked viciously at the animal and missed. Losing bis balance he fell from the porch to a concrete walk, five feat below and broke his neck. . Multnomah county as a whole, i by an' affirmative majority vote of 6153. has said that it favors - the proposition to consolidate the pprt of Portland and the . public dock commission. 1 v r -; . : ; The -city of Portland, by an affirma tive majority of 4z? votes, haa said that it favors the transfer ot the public dock commission. Its properties and its juris diction to the consolidated Port of Port land commission. . ; UPSTATE DEFEATS BILL j The upstate vote, adverse to the de cision of Multnomah on the port con solidation program, has defeated' the consolidation. , ; - - V j ; The result of the election, however. leaves the way clear for the legislature, should it so desire, 40 grant authority to the Port of Portland commission! to carry out the consolidation program, jfor the necessary authority to effect - (the consolidation has been given to the City authorities through the passage ef jthe local measure. Mayor Baker has been elected by a clear plurality ot 26,888 first-, choice votes,- the first time that a , Portland mayor has been put Into office by jthe first chpice route since the .commission charter has been in effect. i Five out of seven of the city measures have been carried and two defeated. affirmative majorities having been given to the five-year lighting contract; the civil service ratification, the S-mill etax. port-dock consolidation and progress payment propositions, and negative ma jorities against the soning ordinance and the additional judge proposal. ; j ZONIKG MEASURE LOST - The vote on the soning ordinance was the closest of all, the negative majority registered against it being but 499 votes. The detailed votes are as follows:! Tflrrt.' Swmd. Biker ............. 4 1.742 2.90T Gordon ............ 14.S76 6.4A2 Richsrdt . -. 0,816 4.200 KelUher 8.804 8.974 TWrd. 1.445 2.113 4,fai CITT COMMISSIONER (Two to Be Elected Minn ........................... Barbur Perkins ............... , , Ziegler ZONING ORDINANCE Yes No s 48.S37 20. 0X 7.808 80,332 80.131 Majority seiiiut ADDITIONAL JUDGE T , No .. 4, ...... i. ......... 498 IS, 93 87.802 Majority aninst .... v. ....... 18.8)64 82.19 No Si 5,5.5 9 Majority tot 6.837 UlVUi BE. II VIC JC KATUTHJAT1UJI Tet No 32.H89 21.813 Majoritj for 11.048 85.251 26.4148 8 MILL TAX Tes No- Majority for . . . . . POHT DOCK Tel, No'l-v.. 8.T83 1 J CONSOLIDATIOK 80.876 26.097 ........ Majority for PROGRESS PAYMENTS Tes 4.379 85.412 18.317 eta ..., Majority for . . . . . . . . 17.898 State Chamber 1 Behind Movement tb Prevent Duplication To gllmlnate a duplication of eff oits and to concentrate activities that have to do with state development, the State Chamber of: Commerce has Issued a call for a meeting of prominent men jln publio and private life of the state to convene Tuesday morning at -10 o'clock In the Oregon building, t i The call was sent forth Friday even ing and acceptances nad already been received this morning from slxx. The personnel of invited delegates follows: Congressmen W. C Hawley, C N. McArthur and N. J. Sinnott Governpr Olcott, H: B- Van - Duser, president Portland Chamber of Commerce; J. N. Teal, member or U. S. shipping board ; George H. Cecit district forester ; : Si mon Benson, chairman state highway commission; Fred C Buchtel, chairman public service commission ; Whitney L. Boise, president land settlement com mission ; Mayor Baker. -Ruf us C Hol man, county commissioner ; Marshall N. Dana, presidenj presidents council ; H. C. Huntington, president Presidents' council; H. C. ' Huntington, president Associated Industries of Oregon ; W. F. McKenney, president jQregon State Motor . association ; Jt- Fred Larsof, president Foreign Commerce club j Frank M. Warren, chairman Port of Portland; C B. Morris, chairman Port land dock commission ; N. U. Carpenter, president Oregon Bankers' association;; B. F. Stone, president. Port of Astoria; L. E. Bean, representing smaller Pa cific; ports; A. H. Powers, president port of Coos Bay. 1 - i 3-Tunnel Project Lost in Colorado; Anti Lead of 3000 Denver, Colo., Nov (U. P.) Alt most certain defeat of Colorado's trif tunnel amendment was indicated today on returns from all but 400 state pre cincts. A lead of 8000 votes against the proposition had been piled up. The tri-tunnel amendment would prof vide for the .construction of three tunr nels through - the Continental divide la Colorado. The tunnels were to be com bined railway and highway thorough fares and would save several hours in transcontinental travel as well as open up thousands of acreaa of farming land to easy access. - . - i - . Owns Franklin Penny Roseburg, Nov. C. I Wlard at Roseburg has a Franklin penny that has been handed down in the Wlard family through several generations. It bears the date of, 1787. . j byG5'vb1s U. S. PROSECUTOR FLAYS FEDERAL AGENTS AT TRIAL .The alleged scheme Of Portland police officers to assist' yeggs and others in disposing or stolen and al tered War Savings .Stamps was ex posed' to the! Jury in the federal court ; this morning Pby Assistant United States Attorney John Veatch. "Have any of you! gentlemen ever heard of ; any of r these yeggs who robbed . Willamette valley banks being arrested? Veatch asked the Jury. "Of course not," he continued." "when the police-are involved in j the scheme with them and when government secret serv ice men are trying to cover up the ac-, tions of the police." ' - U. S. AGEXTS SCO&ED "Never before in government history.'' Veatch said, "have secret service men throws down the government and taken the side of the defense at the trial." In his opening argument Veatch point ed ont discrepancies in the trial, where witnesses for the defense had contra dicted each other. He also Informed the trial jury that statements made before the court and in the grand jury room did not coincide. He also laid emphasis on the claim of all defendants to their innocense. and lack of knowledge that the stamps had been stolen and altered. In refutation of these claims he asked the jury, "If these people were all so innocent, why did they scurry for cover as soon as Fred Peterson was arrested Tf OWE SEBTI5G TUE Peterson, an ex-vonvlct. Is now serv ing time for hav4na stolen stamps in his possesion." Beterson and Angello H. Rossi, two of the six defendants in the case, did not take the stand. Rossi is said by Veatch to have- purchased. the stamps from Peterson, ci At the conclusion of veatch s argu ment an attorney for the defense made a bitter attack upon the press, United .States atorney's off ice, . secret service and department of justice ' agents. He charged the government with giving the press information which could not be proved on the witness stand and inti mated that the reason was to influence the minds of prospective Jurors! At the conclusions of- this lawyer's argument Judge Wolerton adjourned the hear ing until t o'clock Monday. .; j ARGUMENTS MONDAY ! The other atorneys are expxected to give, their arguments Monday.', Part of the time Friday was spent in examining character witnesses for the defendants. '' Several prominent citizens apepared. Robert La Salle, former police inspector, also took the stand and told that he had not Intended to violate any law while handling the stamps. He ad mitted purchasing two lots from Rossi and Belling them to George Randolph, a broker, " but .denied knowledge of their having been altered or stolen. ROMANCE FLED ON DAY OF MARRL4.GE, COMPLAINS WIFE Romance fled from the ' married life of Raymond. R, and Alt a M. Ruggles the very day of their marriage, Decem ber 27, 1919, and sordid avarice reared its ugly head, according to the showing made by Mrs. Ruggles in a divorce suit filed Saturday. They parted less , than a month after the were wed. : ' , -Mrs, Ruggles says she believed the marriage was based on love and affec tion, but that the very day of the cere mony Ruggles assumed an attitude of authority closely questioned her as to her prospective property rights In the event of the death of ber parents, cal culated juat what ehe would receive and even suggested what disposition he would make of such property in the event of the death of her parents. He admitted to her, she says, that his mo tive in marrying her was the hope of securing such property. Not satisfied with her marriage out fit, he sent her back home to have her family provide her more equipment, and then she says she was forced to go to work to earn mors. ; , SAM BERSTEIN APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE Sam Berstein was appointed by Pre- sldinr Judze Taswell Saturday as the administrator of the estate of the late Sam . Berstein. blB brother, who died In Southern California September 7. The widow and five children are all In Raj grod Polska. Poland, and it was repre sented to the court that they are In des titute circumstances and appealing for aid, while the Berstein estate here con sists of $$00 In bank and a number of Liberty bonds. - In order to hasten the process of giving aid to the family the appointment of appraisers was waived. New Articles. Filed A capitalisation of 875,000 Is an- Spoonful their delicate, rich corn: flavor pleises ar(i keeps j on pleasing. And their crisp, :ftill-bcMlied tdture fully satisfies. Nabualljr, then, Post TosLSties are the most . popular of .all corn flakes. GET IHEU AT TOUR GROCER Posttxm Cereal Compariy, Ixxa, Battle Creek. Michigan. rtounced by the Oregon-Nacogdocheo Oil ft Oas company, filing -4ts articles of Incorporation, . Friday with the Multno- mah county clerk. Portland Is the prin- clpal place of business and . the Incor porators are A. E. Kenworthy, R. W.r Cahill. W. a Worden, A. D, Kesworthy and Marie L. Graham, all of PorUand, ; ELLEX E. GEARY WILTj LEAVES : MOXEY TO RELIGIOUS BODIES ' In addition to making bequests to va rious relatives. Including five nephews, a niece, and two grand-nieces, the will of Ellen E. Geary, who died at Salem, ' October S5, provides, bequests of $200 to the church, extension commission ot -the Portland presbytery. $200 to the K board of foreign missions of the Pres byterian church, and $100 to the board"" of trustees - of Albany college at Al bany, Or. The estate consists of notes, tocks and securities valued, at SDDroxi- mateiy stuub and real estate In -Clatsop ,. county of the approximate worth, of 11000. B.-P. Geary, a brother. Is named as executor In the will, dated Januarv 10, 1919, and which was filed for pro bate Saturday. ' WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE; ' CALLS MATE PREVARICATOR Mrs. i Kdward Clyde does not believe her husband, according to ber testi mony before Presiding Judge Tsswell when she was granted a divorce decree. She sued - on the grounds of crueltv.1' and told of having written to him when he was in California, asking him to at -least send her enough money to buy a pair of shoes for their child or to buy the shoes and send them. About month later she cot a letter from Clyde, she says, stating that he had not written before as he "had been very busy loading a' ship for China at Red " Bluff. Cat," which Is some task, when one recalls the geographical location of that city. Two weeks later, she says, she got another letter from Clyde, In ' which he stated that since last writing her he had made -a trip to Hongkong and return, and . she declared these were simply samples of Clyde's ability as a prevaricator. The judge granted the degree and 850 a month alimony. nUSBAND SEEKS DIVORCE: GUARDIANSHIP RESENTED One day after the probate depart ment of the Multnomah county circuit . court reversed its previous action In ap- . pointing Mrs. Magnolia Griffith guard Ian of her Hhsband,' Lysander Q. Grif fith, on the ground that this court hss no jurisdiction, a divorce suit was filed Dy unrtirn. - . He alleges that he has been trreatly - humiliated and embarrassed by the ac tion of his wife in declaring to the 1 court that he was an Incompetent and seeking hie guardianship, and he says Oils action was taken by her solely for the purpose of getting possesion ot the ' compensation which he Is paid by the government for Injuries received during the war. $4120 DAMAGES SOUGHT FOLLOWING AUTO ACCIDENT Chin Chow filed suit Friday , Swalnst Alfred Freeksen and "John Doe" for $4120 damages suffered by reason of personal injuries and Injuries - to his horse, wagon and harness when be was run down by Freeksen's auto truck, Oc tober 12, 1919, on Canyon road, near Bertha Ida Hensley, by A. M. Hensley.- her guardian ad litem, filed suit - sgainst. the Imperial laundry company for $1000 for Injuries received when her left hand was caught in rolls Into which she was feeding collars and the fourth tfngep. was so crushed that It had to be amputated. ' WIFE'S COMPLAINT ALLEGES , PERJURY AGAINST IIUSBAND Lucy Gittus filed suit for divorce from Charles Oittns Saturday, charging cruelty. ' She says he admitted In the presence of herself and her children thst In a former divorce action he hsd com mitted perjury, and she avers that he has beaten her and the children, a girl 16, and a boy 14, until the neighbors have sent for the police. A default divorce decree was granitd by Presiding Judge Taswell Saturday to Esther Koehler from Arthur Koehler for cruelty. They were married In Port land August 27 of last year. - i, , -Gets Asks 17500 ChSrlea Geis, father of Herbert Oels. aged 15, who lost his life August 20 when swimming in the Willamette river, by being sucked into the Intake of the power plant of -the Portland Railway. Light A Power company, filed suit against this company Saturday for 17500 for the death of the boy. i : Divorce Mill j , Divorce suits filed: Flora M Hunts man against Lafayette Huntsman, cru elty; Gertrude. Palm against A. F. Palm, .-cruelty j- Rose Qlebel against' Frank Olebel, cruelty; Lysander O. Griffith against Magnolia Griffith, cruelty. . ' . I . '.. " . Woman Sum Woman -Oregon City. Nov. -Kate L. New ton filed suit Friday for $165. alleged due on a board bill, against Grace Agnes : Hart, or bowlful 1.